diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9e59ae4..affcf0e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ My configuration files.
 
 # Installation
 
+Because it manages multiple users on the system, the directory is supposed to be
+at `/var/lib/dotfiles`.
+
 To setup the dotfiles:
 
 1. `git clone git://github.com:whatevsz/dotfiles ~/dotfiles`
-2. `cd ~/dotfiles && ./install`
+2. `cd ~/dotfiles && ./bootstrap.sh`
 
 # Required third party software
 
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..070e24c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Makes sure the dotfiles directory is in /var/lib/dotfiles and then calls
+# install.sh
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+
+DOTDIR="/var/lib/dotfiles"
+
+_SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+
+if [[ "$(readlink "${_SCRIPT_DIR}")" != "${DOTDIR}" ]] ; then
+    if [[ -e "${DOTDIR}" ]] ; then
+        2>&1 printf "${DOTDIR} already exists. This seems unsafe.\n"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    printf "Moving directory to $DOTDIR ...\n"
+    sudo mv --no-target-directory "${_SCRIPT_DIR}" "${DOTDIR}"
+    printf "Done\n"
+else
+    printf "Already working in ${DOTDIR}, nothing to do\n"
+fi
+
+cd "${DOTDIR}" && ./install.sh